Coming To Earth is Going on a Trip 
by Norma (Jennings) Edwards

Have you ever wondered what the behind-the-scenes process involves when the soul schedules a trip to earth? Well, coming to earth is much like going on a trip here on earth. 

Preparation on the part of the soul for a trip to earth involves a great deal of planning, scheduling, packing and drawing up checklists as is the custom in undertak­ing a journey or relocation here on earth. 

What sorts of items, you may well  ask, would constitute such a list? Consider these: 1) Justify trip, set objectives, define purpose. 2) Draft itinerary. 3) Make round trip reservations. 4) Call ahead to check prevailing conditions at desti­nation point. 5) Arrange for caretaker to assume ongoing responsibilities. 6) Check contacts and personnel. 7) Prepare mentally and physically. 8) Pack and bring luggage. 

A strong desire to undertake the trip is mandatory. Then there is consulta­tion with spiritual guides and counselors who assist the soul in setting and defining objectives. They help in de­signing the plan, formulating strategy and preparing blueprints for the life­time ahead. Next, the itinerary is drawn up, determining departure and round trip schedules. 

Will the in-coming soul be delivered into the world as a new born baby to begin the process of assimilation from scratch? Or will it chose the process of transmigration, arriving with fully loaded memory banks, ready to func­tion at touch-down? If transmigration is the choice, then there are meetings and counseling sessions with karmic councils and guides to obtain the neces­sary permission and clearance to land. 

With objectives and schedules in place, the focus is directed to the selec­tion of the perfect conditions for expres­sion. The earth's blueprints are scruti­nized to identify the ideal period and the best location. Karmic patterns are taken into consideration, and balanced against the objectives. Individual as well as planetary astrological and zo­diac charts must be studied. 

The tools and instruments best suited to the individual for the job of demolition and restructuring that is a lifetime on earth are then carefully se­lected. Racial memory, gender, envi­ronmental, cultural and economic con­ditions are weighed in the balance and a number of options identified. Physi­cal features, demeanor and even bone structure are next identified. 

The next stage in this intricate proc­ess is the observation and analysis of prospective parents and those who will form the nucleus of the circle of spiri­tual and earthly family and friends. Parents provide genealogy, and are chosen for their capacity and capability to foster the growth the soul needs. Parents become our first earthly guides, charged with the responsibility to channel the focus. The most effective paren­tal guidance may not necessarily con­form to the cosmetics of earthly parent­ing. 

Sometimes parents are chosen purely for hereditary factors, with the rein­forcement of guidance, direction and focus available through pre-selected individuals who are best suited to pro­vide these influences. Those who have walked with us in past lives know us well and are therefore uniquely quali­fied to offer us the best possible oppor­tunities for the soul's growth and devel­opment. 

Those who genuinely love us chal­lenge us as well, and therefore consti­tute the best possible support system. Sometimes, by mutual agreement while in the spirit, we elect to play the role of devil's advocate in each other's lives. 

With objectives, personnel, timing and surroundings identified, it is time to consider luggage. The incoming soul standing in the light of true under­standing is fully conscious of all that it has amassed in the memory banks over several lifetimes. It also has access to the Akashic Record, the permanent, perpetual spiritual record containing all the possibilities that exist, that which has been and the potential possibilities for the future. 

What to store and what to take? How much can be forwarded ahead of time? The economic and wise use of limited space in the memory banks must be planned very carefully. Some gifts, talents and knowledge may al­ready abound among those who consti­tute the family. Duplication is carefully avoided. 

Material for storage is sent to the subconscious; the nine tenths of con­sciousness that will remain submerged during the lifetime. That which will be accessible is routed to the conscious stream. The subconscious is flagged with words, signs, symbols, scent, vibratory patterns peculiar to the individual soul must be implanted which will become active parts of the signaling system. With perfect timing, the intuitive mind will release this information on a pre-scheduled timing gauge. 

The foundation has been laid and the soul stands ready for programming. Approximately forty days before the scheduled date of arrival, the above factors are sorted, filed, tabbed, labeled and put in place in the consciousness levels. 

The stage is set, the sign posts of the lifetime have been put in place. Debug­ging takes place and icons are im­planted. At this time, the spiritual support staff gather to beam signals into the system and install the chords of spiritual/physical connection which will facilitate two-way communication while the soul journeys here on earth. 

There is a mixture of immense joy' and sadness in the spirit world: joy that the soul's long awaited conditions for growth and learning have presented themselves; sadness because those in the spiritual realm know and under­stand the challenges and realities of life on the illusionary realm that is earth. 

Those concepts and elements of the life program which are crucial to the suc­cess of the lifetime are highlighted and much love and light is transmitted into the system. The soul remains conscious of all it knows until the moment of birth, when the system is sealed, and thus becomes the hard disc of life. 

The incoming soul enters the earth trapped in a human body, limited to what it is allowed through the re-entry programming to remem­ber. The arduous journey of submis­sion to the school that is life once more commences. Be gentle with yourselves. You chose the conditions of this trip to allow the beautiful seven petaled lotus that is the soul to unfold.  

Welcome to planet earth.

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